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Auction 124, Lot 579

"Turkyen in Asia", Sanson, Nicolas

Subject: Eastern Mediterranean & Middle East

Period: 1705 (published)

Publication: Algemeene Weereldtbeschryving

Color: Hand Color

Size:
9.7 x 7.4 inches
24.6 x 18.8 cm
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This boldly engraved map covers the Ottoman Empire in Asia, stretching from the Bosphorus through the Caucasus to Persia and south to Egypt and Arabia. Engraved by Antoine d'Winter for a Dutch edition of Sanson's pocket atlas.

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Condition: A+

Estimate: $110 - $150

Sold for: $80

Closed on 5/7/2008

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